Package-carrier.



No. 889,537. f IPATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

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CHARLES J. MILLER ANDJOHN F. OANNEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed June 16, 1904. Serial No. 212,768.

T o all whomy it may concern.'

. Be it known that we, CHARLES J. MILLER and JOHN F. OANNEY, both of Minneapolis, IIennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to store service apparatus, and the obj ect of the invention is to provide a supporting mechanism for a package receptacle or basket that will allow the basket to be raised or lowered and locked or unlocked by the simple manipulation of a cord without the necessity of the operator taking hold of the basket.

A further object is to provide a locking mechanism of very simple construction and one that cannot easily become broken or get out of order.

The invention consists generally in a notched shank and dogs pivoted thereon.. and a head adapted to receive said shank and having plungers to enter said notches.

Further, the invention consists in various constructions and combinations, all as herein after described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

-In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a package carrier support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the basket supporting device being raised to its locked position. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the parts locked. Fig. 6 is a vertical section showing the basket supporting device raised above the notched portion of the shank to clear the locking dogs. Fig. 7 is a section on the line @/-fy of Fig. 5.

In the drawing, 2 re resents a line wire, 3 brackets carrying whee s 4 that rest upon the wire and connected by a rod 5. A hanger 6 is secured to said rod and provided with a depending shank 7 having notches S in the opposite sides thereof. Above these notches dogs 9 are pivoted that normally tend to rest by gravity upon the edge of the shoulders formed by the notches, as indicated inFig. 4. The dogs are capable, however, of being swung upward on their pivots to a point oposite their normal position, as indicated by hill lines in Fig. 6, and when so raised are limited in their movement by stop pins 10.

The shank 7 has adepending lower end 11 that is adapted to enter an opening 12 in the top of ka head 13 and upon each side of this opening we provide lungers 14 slidable in guides 15 and normal y projected toward the said shank by flat springs 16. as stops to engage the wall of the head 13 and limit the inward movement of the plungers. The lower end of the head is provided with an opening 17 to receive the stem or end 11 and serve as a guide therefor and prevent the head from swinging laterally on the shank. The shank is provided with inclined surfaces 18 below the notches 8 which, when the shank is inserted into the head, engage the inner ends ofthe plungers and press them out until the notches are reached, when the plungers will 'fly inwardly and enter the notches and lock the basket on the shank.

Any suitable means may be provided for supporting the'basket on the head, but we prefer to provide arms 19 secured to the head by any suitable means, as by screws 20. The dogs 9 will spring outwardly as the head is moved up on the shank to allow the plungers to spring into the notches and will assume the position indicated by full linesin Fig. 5.

When it is desired to lower the'basket the operator will pull on the cord which in practice is attached to the head, but for convenience is not shown in the drawing herein and raise the head onv the shank to the position shown in Fig. 6. The plunger will then be above the dogs which will drop by gravity to their normal position upon the edges of the notches and then when the cord is released the head and basket will drop down and the dogs will guide the plungers past the notches and the head and the basket carried thereby will become disengaged from the shank. The operator is then able to raise the basket and lock it on the carrier by simply drawing on the cord usually em loyed for this purpose, and to unlock the asket it is only necessary to draw on the cord and raise it and the head suiiiciently to free the dogs, and then upon releasing the cord the basket and head will slide down off the shank and be detached from the carrier.

I claim as my invention:

1; The combination, with a package carrier shank provided with notches or recesses, of dogs pivoted on said shank and having their lower ends resting by gravity upon the edges of said notches, and a head having a socket to receive said shank, and spring pressed plungers to enter said notches.

2. The combination, with a package car- Pins 1.7 serverier having a depending shank provided with oppositely arranged notches, oi' dogs pivoted on said shank above said notches and resting by gravity upon the edges of said notches, a head having a socket to receive said shank, and oppositely arranged spring pressed plungers adapted to raise said dogs and enter said sockets, for the purpose speciiied.

3. The combination, with a carrier shank provided with notches or recesses, of dogs pivoted on said shank above said notches, stop pins provided on said shank above said dogs to limit their upward movement, a head having a socket to receive said shank, and spring pressed plungers mounted in said head and arranged to enter said notches, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising two coperating members, one having plungers and the other recesses to receive them, and gravity dogs arranged to normally cover said recesses but adapted to be raised to allow said plungers to enter them, substantially as described.

5. A device ofthe class described, comprising a shank having a notch, a head movable on said shank, sliding lockingv means carried by said head and adapted to enter said notch, and means for guiding said locking means past said notch when said head is lowered after being raised to a predetermined point above said notch.

6. A device of the class described, comprising a shank having notches, a head movable on said shank, plungers carried by said head and ada ted to enter said notches, and means for gui( ing said plungers past said notches when said head is lowered after being raised to a certain predetermined point above said notches.

7. A device of the class described comprising a shank and a movable head, a sliding locking means operating to lock said head on said shank, and means operating automatically to render said locking means inoperative when said head is lowered after being raised to a predetermined point above its normal locked position, substantially as described.

S. A device of the class described comprising a shank and a movable head, a sliding locking means operating to lock said head on said shank, and means operating to guide said locking means past its normal locked position on said shank when said head is lowered after being raised to a predetermined point above said locked position, substantially as described.

9. A device of the class described comprising a shank and a movable head, a sliding locking means operating to lock said head on said shank, means for moving said locking means to its inoperative position when said head is raised above its normal locked position, and means for preventing the relooking of said locking means when said head is lowered past said normal locked position.

10. A device of the class described comprising a shank having notches, a head movable on said shank, locking devices carried by said head and adapted to enter said notches, and means for temporarily covering said notches and preventing the entrance of' said locking devices therein when said head is lowered after being raised to a pre determined point above said notches.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 28th day of May, 1904.

CHARLES J. MILLER. JOHN F. CANNEY. In presence of- RICHARD PAUL, M. HAGERTY. 

